{"id":23904,"date":"2026-04-02T13:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/?p=23904"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:56:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:56:53","slug":"spc-ireland-im-still-in-shock-i-got-to-be-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/spc-ireland-im-still-in-shock-i-got-to-be-there\/","title":{"rendered":"SPC Ireland: I’m still in shock I got to be there!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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During our time in Derry, we had the opportunity to visit North Coast Alpacas, a wonderful, family owned and operated alpaca and dairy farm. We were able to meet, feed, handle, and even go on a trail walk with the multiple alpacas! The owner and farmer of the property gave us a lot of useful information about alpacas and their nutrition, environment, and overall well-being. Everyone was incredibly kind to us. He is a fifth generation farmer and it was so neat to see how important farming and these animals are important to Ireland and the people who live there.<\/p>\n\n\n

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We had the pleasure of being able to stop at Giant’s Causeway and Carrick-a-rede Bridge on our way to Belfast. The pictures of both places don’t even begin to do them justice. It was the most stunning places I have ever seen in my life. The workers at both locations shared a bit of background information about the history and creation of each place and how they’re maintained today. Truly a bucket list, must see place to visit and I’m still in shock I got to be there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2013 Rebecca, SPC Ireland (Vet Tech) Study Abroad Program, March 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During our time in Derry, we had the opportunity to visit North Coast Alpacas, a wonderful, family owned and operated alpaca and dairy farm. We were able to meet, feed, handle, and even go on a trail walk with the multiple alpacas! The owner and farmer of the property gave us a lot of useful … Continue reading SPC Ireland: I’m still in shock I got to be there!<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1966,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[3,965,934,969,878,7,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ireland","category-ireland-vet-tech-2026","category-ireland-2024","category-ireland-2027","category-scholarships","category-study-abroad","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1966"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23904"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23910,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23904\/revisions\/23910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}